Tuesday, January 27, 2015

NAWL has just finalized the
announcement for the 2015 Selma Moidel student writing contest. I would like to encourage submission of papers
by any law students who may be writing on-topic papers that discuss issues
related to women. The Announcement:

The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)® is a
national voluntary legal professional organization whose mission is the
advancement of women in the legal profession and women’s rights. Since 1899,
NAWL has served as an educational forum and active voice for the concerns of
women lawyers in this country and abroad.NAWL continues to support and
advance the interests of women in and under the law, and in so doing, supports
and advances the social, political, and professional empowerment of women.
Through its programs and networks, NAWL provides the tools for women in the
profession to advance, prosper, and enrich the profession.NAWLhas
established the annual Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition to
encourage and reward original law student writing on issues concerning women
and the law. The rules for the competition are as follows:

Entrants should submit a paper on an issue
concerning women’s rights or the status of women in the law. The most recent winning paper was “The Decriminalization of Rape on America’s
College Campuses: How Federal Sex Discrimination Policy Has Diminished the Role
of the Criminal Justice System in Combatting Sexual Violence” written by Danielle
Elizabeth DeBold, New York University School of Law.Please view paper at http://www.nawl.org/p/cm/ld/fid=83.

Essays will be accepted from students enrolled
at any law school during the 2014-15 school year. The essays must be the law
student author’s own work and must not have been submitted for publication
elsewhere.Papers written by students
for coursework or independent study during the summer, fall, or spring
semesters are eligible for submission.Notwithstanding
the foregoing, students may incorporate professorial feedback as part of a
course requirement or supervised writing project.

FORMAT:Essays must be
double-spaced in 12-point, Times New Roman font. All margins must beone inch. Entries must not exceed fifteen
(15) pages of text, excluding notes, with footnotes placed as endnotes.
Citation style should conform to The Bluebook – A Uniform System of
Citation. Essays longer than 15 pages of text, excluding notes, or which
are not in the required format may not be read.

JUDGING:NAWL Women
Lawyers Journal® designees will judge the competition. Essays will
be judged based upon content, exhaustiveness of research, originality, writing
style, and timeliness.

QUESTIONS:Questions
regarding this competition should be addressed to the chair of the Writing
Competition, Professor Jennifer Martin at jmartin@stu.edu.

SUBMISSION AND DEADLINE:Entries must be
received by May 1, 2015. Entries received after the
deadline will be considered only at the discretion of NAWL. Entries must provide
a cover letter providing the title of your essay, school affiliation, email
address, phone number, and mailing address.Entries must be submitted in the following format: email an electronic
version (in Microsoft Word) to jmartin@stu.edu.

AWARD:The author of the
winning essay will receive a cash prize of $500. NAWL will also publish the
winning essay in the NAWL Women Lawyers Journal.